part of part of in taxon results in development of brain development hindbrain development rhombencephalon development GO:0030902 The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the hindbrain over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The hindbrain is the posterior of the three primary divisions of the developing chordate brain, or the corresponding part of the adult brain (in vertebrates, includes the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata and controls the autonomic functions and equilibrium). anatomical structure development Vertebrata <vertebrates> hindbrain